it is not just that there are lots of experiments being done in cities to try to improve schools. in d.c., we had big fights about some other issues. >> we have a lot of charter schools. >> the administration is supportive of many of those types of experiments. the education department has encouraged it in many ways for the same reason, just trying to get verification system back up and moving -- our education system back up higher and moving in a direction in which the kids have the skills they need. short-term, it will not affect this president. >> this is huge. politically, it's huge because the teacher unions historically have helped democrats get elected. obama is putting at risk is support from the teachers' union. >> they are helping him. >> if this strike went on and really had to take a position, he would risk losing a lot of unions. rahm emmanuel is a hero on this. things in chicago were a joke. they had a very short school year. the teachers needed to get in the real world on that. he is a hero. >> this is not about teacher qualifications. >> it is also about teacher ca